diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
index 7adfc483..dd7312ac 100644
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ This PR addresses ...
 - `changes/<PR#>.doc.rst`: documentation change
 - `changes/<PR#>.removal.rst`: deprecation or removal of public API
 - `changes/<PR#>.misc.rst`: infrastructure or miscellaneous change
+
 </details
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3c12d1e1..9944d8db 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ repos:
       - id: text-unicode-replacement-char
   # lint and format
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.15.12
+    rev: v0.15.20
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-check
         args:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ repos:
       - id: towncrier-check
   # format YAML and Markdown
   - repo: https://github.com/rbubley/mirrors-prettier
-    rev: v3.8.3
+    rev: v3.9.4
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
         types_or: